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New York, Ny-Remote

*Responsible for 8 jewelry brands for two major retailers within my territory.*Collaborate with store management to determine best placement for product that meets stores merchandising standards and sales goals.*Analyze sales/inventory levels by brand to insure sales goals are being met by brand by store.*Develop a merchandising strategy to efficiently move overstock.

Annapolis, Maryland, United States

*Work with over 50 local artists/vendors across many categories to create a temporary retail boutique in a different empty store front 4 times a year within the Annapolis Downtown Area.*Collaborate with the owner to create merchandising concepts by room based on shops theme and various vendor products for each shop.*Enhance/merchandise overall store appearance and store front windows by applying careful consideration to the product and display locations by concept.

Edgewater, Maryland, United States

*Project Manager-supported renovation projects for this start-up design/renovation firm by purchasing products, tracking vendor deliveries while working with owner, designs, clients and on-site contractors to meet job timelines.*Created a buying process for vendors and clients.*Cultivated positive relationships with vendors to delivery timely and cost effective supply of services and materials while negotiating better pricing and terms.*Enhanced marketing plan by creating marketing materials.*Established records of purchases, pricing and payment terms.

North Carolina, United States

*Analyzed problematic areas of the business to provide recommendations and solutions as it related to social media presence on Instagram and Facebook for this South Asian inspired formal wear clothing company.*Created and developed detailed production plans to expand clothing line with their overseas factories.*Collaborated with the owners on a sales presentation to Nordstroms that enabled Sani to be the first South Asian formal wear offered at select stores.

Irving, Texas, United States

*Merchandiser for Nike apparel and shoes at the NFL Commanders (Redskins) at FedEx Field in Maryland.*Set Nike floor in the Commanders Team Store with a creative edge while keeping the Nike merchandising standards in mind before every home football game and monthly in the off-season.

Maryland, United States

*Developed relationships with all in-store management that allowed the negotiation of optimal floor space to achieve maximum sales for both the brand/label and the store.*Insured that all sales floors were set to the brand specific merchandising standards.*Brands included: Vineyard Vines, Ellen Tracey, Under Armour, Izod, Southern Tide, Lucy, Polo Vera Bradley, Timberland, Frye Boots

Playa Del Rey, Ca

*Start-up junior clothing website*Built yearly sales and merchandising plans. *Responsible for OTB purchases, orders and invoices which included negotiating pricing and payment terms while establishing the purchasing process.

Greater Los Angeles Area

*Began career as Pre-Production Planner promoted to Pre-Production Manger promoted to Senior Inventory Control Manager. *Reported directly to the CFO, managed $84 million in company’s total excess inventory from wholesale, retail and factory divisions*Created corporate Open-to-Buy that allowed senior management to review total company’s inventory excess levels/movement through markdown processes and sales to off-price retailers, wholesalers and warehouse salles.* Position required daily communication with the Owners, Division Presidents, V.P.’s, Sales Managers and retail buyers while managing a team of 10 Pre-Production Planners to process all apparel orders with production.

Greater Los Angeles Area

*Annual Sales Volume $26 million. *Planned, allocated and monitored all aspects of dress division's domestic and import production.*Pre-Production-required pre-production management of approximately 300 styles over a 3-4 month delivery window. Prepared production grids to review tracking of patterns, piece goods, trim and sendouts by style/delivery.*Piece Goods-monitored fabric position; calculated all fabric needs based on quantity ordered and country of origin for garments. Wrote all production fabric orders and authorized P.O. changes.*Merchandising -Reviewed line with design team before monthly markets and communicated all line sheet changes to design and costing. Outlined lead times of fabric, trim and sendouts before market. *Sales-reviewed styles sold and orders against them; monitored AD styles for retailers. Communicated garment changes, drops, oversold positions, delivery extensions/cancels and production problems. Met weekly with sales manager to review division sales protections vs. plan, margin, fabric OTB, monthly fallout, bookings, and OTS position

Greater Los Angeles Area

*Developed and sold woven fabrics for overseas mills in Italy, Taiwan and China*International travel to fabric mills and trade shows*Accounts included Nike, Esprit, Guess and Mossimo Position.*Extensive Communication with Overseas Mills, Client/Mill Negotiations, Textile Development, Monitoring the Production and Shipment of Orders. Trend and Color Forecasting. International Travel to Fabric Mills and Shows

New York, Ny

*Men's Outerwear and Locker Shop (Sports Licensing) Annual Sales Volume $30 Million; 299 stores*Seasonal planning, OTB, Markdown Process. Ladder Analysis, Vendor Negotiations, Receipt Flow, Advertising, Warm/Cold Seasonal Stratagies

New York, Ny

*Maintained account portfolio in excess of $7.5 million*Trend Forecasting, Line Merchandising, Incoming/Ougoing Shipment maintenance, Sales Forcasting and Wholesale pricing.

Greater St. Louis Area

*Men's Activewear and Sports Licensed Apparel. Annual Sales Volume of $25 million among 92 stores*Seasonal Planning, Receipt Flow, Merchandise Presentation, Sourcing, Vendor Negotiations, Advertising, Development of Import Programs